Fastest€67.99
- Swiss International Air Lines SI553206:361h 12m07:48Dresden DRSZürich ZRH
Door to door 4h 22mCO2 141.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Dresden to Zurich flight
Flights from Dresden to Zurich start at €64.45 and take 4h 22m at their fastest.
The Flights from Dresden to Zurich starts at €64.45 and takes 4h 22m door to door, run by 1 operator over 573 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 4h 22mDoor to door
- 1h 12mMoving
- €64.45From
- 141.0 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Swiss International Air Lines | €53.83 | 4h 18m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
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Rooms within reach of Zurich Hauptbahnhof
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When to book Dresden to Zurich
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €35.9390 days
- €25.4860 days
- €24.3845 days
- €21.6330 days
- €28.7821 days
- €35.3814 days
- €37.037 days
- €49.133 days
- €60.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €21.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 178 percent. The most expensive point is €60.13, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €35.38Sun
- €33.73Mon
- €34.83Tue
- €32.08Wed
- €49.68Thu
- €35.93Fri
- €41.98Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Dresden
Air
- DRS
Zürich
Air
- ZRH
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 573 km against 556 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Nuremberg, Fürth, Augsburg, Stuttgart. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Dresden at 06:36 and the last at 14:49, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Flights against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 22m | 1h 12m | 3h 10m | €64.45 | 141.0 kg | 2 |
| Train | 4h 31m | 3h 47m | 44m | €75.14 | 18.3 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 8h 44m | 8h | 44m | €32.08 | 15.0 kg | 4 |
Questions about Dresden to Zurich
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Dresden to Zurich take?
The Flight from Dresden to Zurich takes 4h 22m door to door, of which 1h 12m is spent moving. The route runs 573 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Dresden to Zurich cost?
The Flight from Dresden to Zurich starts at €64.45 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €61.80. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Dresden to Zurich?
1 operators run the Flight from Dresden to Zurich: Swiss International Air Lines. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Dresden to Zurich use?
The Flight from Dresden to Zurich leaves from Dresden DRS and arrives at Zürich ZRH. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Flight the best way from Dresden to Zurich?
Traveling from Dresden to Zurich by Coach costs €32.08 and takes 8h 44m door to door, against 4h 22m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Flight from Dresden to Zurich?
Fares for the Flight from Dresden to Zurich bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €21.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 178 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Dresden to Zurich produce?
The Flight from Dresden to Zurich produces about 141.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 573 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Dresden to Zurich on September 13, 2026: 573 km of route against 556 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €64.45, and 4h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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ZRH is not in Zurich, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.
Getting from ZRH into Zurich?
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